Garmin reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,845 total reviews)
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Clifton Pemble

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Garmin has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,845 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Garmin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Nov 18, 2011

Only Two people make real decisions

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

100% health coverage Low pressure Friendly people Job for life

Cons

Little promotion opportunity Low pay Preferential treatment to engineering (secret bonuses, stock not given to same levels in other groups) Centralized decision making They believe that sales and marketing are the same

2.0
Nov 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Benefits, Good People, Good Product

Cons

Extremely silly and inexperienced IT leadership team. Some of the worst senior and middle managers Too many layers Unfair and ridiculous promotion practices Extremely low paid

2.0
Nov 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good, but have been decreasing. Generally nice people to work with, but you do have to watch your back. Good holidays.

Cons

Almost no opportunity for advancement or moving to other departments within the company. Decent Christmas bonus, but they promise a huge bonus for performance, which they make impossible to meet. Was there 4 years and never saw it. To many HR people and it is really hard to find out who to go to for help with what. Intimidation tactics from upper management to enfluence performance. Increasing amount of micro management. Hard to get time off when needed. Sick time and vacation time are in the same pool, and if a day is not scheduled in advance, ie. sick, it counts against you. Supervisors can generally get a customer taken care of, but the reps on the phone are given little leverage as far as being able to truely assist a customer. This wasn't always the case. There are an awful lot of firings, which causes unease with employees and creates poor morale.

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